18 September 2022, Sunday, 11:35 2256

Occupiers Carried Out More Than 30 Strikes On Regions Over Past Day, They Suffering Significant Losses In Avdiyivka Direction - General Staff

Редактор: Daria Zubkova

Yesterday, September 17, the Ukrainian military inflicted fire damage on more than 200 objects of the occupiers. Also, the enemy suffers significant losses in the Avdiyivka direction. This is stated in the message of the General Staff.

Thus, it is reported that the enemy continues to focus efforts on attempts to fully occupy Donetsk region, organize defense and hold the captured territories, as well as disrupt the active actions of the Defense Forces in certain directions. It fires at the positions of our troops along the contact line, carries out measures to regroup its units in separate directions, introduces reserves and does not stop conducting aerial reconnaissance.

The enemy continues to shell the houses of civilians and civilian infrastructure objects, violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war.

Over the past 24 hours, the Russian occupiers have launched 6 missile and 28 air strikes, fired more than 90 rocket-propelled grenades at military and civilian targets on the territory of Ukraine.

The infrastructure of more than 30 settlements was damaged. These are, in particular, Kharkiv, Dvorichna, Kamyanka, Krasnohorivka, Novomykhailivka, Neskuchne, Uspenivka, Myroliubivka, Biliayaivka, Visokopillia and Mykolaiv. The enemy hit civilian objects on the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia, as well as the cities of Chuhuyiv and Kramatorsk, where there are victims among the civilian population. The threat of air and missile strikes throughout the territory of Ukraine remains.

The situation has not changed significantly on the Volyn and Polissia directions.

In other directions, the enemy fired from tanks, mortars and artillery of various types, namely:

in the Siversk direction - near Huta-Studenetska of Chernihiv region;
in the Kharkiv direction, in particular from the territory of the Russian Federation - in the areas of the settlements of Kozacha Lopan, Hoptivka, Strilecha, Vysoka Yaruha, Vovchansk, Hatyshche, Budarky, Dvorichna, Kupyansk, Kamianka;
in the Kramatorsk direction - Raihorodok, Ozerne, Pyskunivka, Kryva Luka, Siversk, Mykolayivka, Verkhniokamianske, Spirne and Vesele;
in the Bakhmut direction - Rozdolivka, Bilohorivka, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Vesela Dolyna, Zaitseve, Odradivka, Mykolaivka Druha, Mayorsk and New York;
in the Avdiyivka direction - Kamyanka, Avdiyivka, Vodiane, Opytne and Krasnohorivka;
in the Zaporizhzhia direction - Kamianske, Stepove, Orikhiv, Huliapilske, Bilohirya, Olhivske, Temyrivka Novosilka, Velyka Novosilka, Neskuchne, Prechystivka and Vuhledar.

In the Pivdennobuzke direction, the enemy was shelling along the entire contact line. More than 20 settlements were affected by the fire, in particular, Trudoliubivka, Petrivka, Bila Krynytsia, Lozove, Blahodativka, Shyroke, Partyzanske, Ternovi Pody, Lymany, Myrne and Tavriyske.

The occupiers suffered significant losses when they attempted to storm the Defense Forces in the Avdiyivka direction. According to the available information, more than 30 people from the 1st Army Corps of the Russian troops are admitted to the medical facilities every day. The occupiers are trying in every way to restore the combat capability of units that have suffered losses.

Over the past day, the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Mykhailivka Druha, Vesela Dolyna, Odradivka, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, and Pravdyne settlements.

During the day, Ukrainian aviation struck 13 areas of concentration of enemy manpower and equipment and 3 positions of anti-aircraft missile systems. In addition, our air defense units shot down five UAVs and one Ka-52 enemy helicopter.

Rocket troops and artillery inflicted fire damage on more than two hundred enemy objects. Among them are 12 control points, warehouses of ammunition and fuel and lubricants, artillery positions and areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment. Enemy casualties are currently being verified.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the General Staff of the Armed Forces announced that the occupiers were preparing retreat routes in Kherson region.

Ukrainian soldiers also shot down 1 Russian aircraft and 3 cruise missiles over the past day.